A bright and glorious morning was a special gift for us on this year’s Bird Walk! For two delightful hours, we traipsed through the Townsend-Grady Wildlife Preserve to reacquaint ourselves with our fine-feathered friends. Thanks to our wonderful guides Mahlon and Eleanor Hurst, Lydia and Arlene, we were able to see and/or hear 40 different species of birds!
The “cast,” in order of appearance, is as follows:
Yellow Warbler
Red-Winged Blackbird
Blue Jay
American Robin
Grey Catbird
Scarlet Tanager
Downy Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
Common Yellowthroat
Palm Warbler
Ring-billed Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Swamp Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Barn Swallow
Warbling Virio
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
American Crow
Northern Cardinal
Mourning Dove
Osprey
Northern Flicker
Canada Goose
Mallard
Tufted Titmouse
Chestnut-Sided Warbler
Blue-headed Virio
Grackle
Bald Eagle
Double Crested Cormorant
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Caspian Tern
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Eyed Virio
Thanks to our enthusiastic crowd who showed up to make this a great event! Welcome, migrating and summer birds! It is a delight to have you in our midst once again, heralding a long-awaited spring!
